Dj Premier/Mr.Thing: The Kings Of Hip Hop

Science dropped by Martini & Jopparelli. Aug-12-2007

Holiday time here in Italy, just a quick post for one of my favourite cds.

I bought this CD at the Rototom Sunsplash festival in 2005…i guess i was one of the few people to come out of a reggae festival with a hip hop CD! Despite being overloaded with reggae music 24 hours a day, i picked up this cd immediately from the stand, especially after seeing the playlist!

Dj Premier here gives us a classic break mix with his typical mixtape style: he plays the first bars of each tune back and forth several times, then he lets the track flow and he occasionaly doubles-up the best parts. Pure fire. Back inthe 90′s, putting my hand on a mixtape like this was a only a dream. Stuff like this was almost impossible to find in Italy back then. Nice i found it now at least, late is better than never.

Mr. Thing is a DMC winner and former member of the Scratch Perverts. I never heard of him before this CD, since i am not into turntablism a lot. But, after seeing the track list on the booklet i thought: this dj is my idol! He starts with Smif N Wessun, then he mixes the Black Moon “Got Cha Opin” original with the remix (the highlight of the whole mix), then he puts some De La and Pete Rock, and finally he switches back to the late 80′s….what a terrific selection! And best of all, he doesn’t scratch too much (i was a litte afraid of this because when turntablists scratch too much they don’t let you hear the track as it is supposed to flow)! So, big up Mr. Thing for keeping his fingers quiet this time.

I thought, since maybe most of you already have this cd, why not rippin it in hi-quality 320 kbps LAME!! The definitive rip!

Really dope selections here. I realize that this is a little off topic, but I noticed that you have “And It Don’t Stop” on your list of blog links. I used to be able to access this site but it is now accessible by invite-only. If you have any idea how I can get an invite to the site again, it would be greatly appreciated. Please leave a comment for me at http://eclectic-grooves.blogspot.com.

thank u so very fuckin much…someone stole this out my record bag in miami. punk mothafucka….thanks for brightening up my day. Check out my blog as well, when u both get a chance heavycrate.wordpress.com